The Late Case of Drowning Near Catherine Hill Bay
THE Newcastle Pilot gives a corrected respect of the drowning of Miss Boyd from which it will be seen that several of its previous statements were entirely wrong:—…
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Fatal Boat Accident at Farm Cove
A fatal accident occurred in the harbour on Sunday last about 6 o'clock. Three young men, named Henry Brown, Thomas Williams, and William Taylor, were in a boat at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News by the Mail. Great Britain. Disastrous Colliery Accidents
Three or four colliery accidents are reported to have taken place in England, the most disastrous of which is thus reported in the Irish Times of December 8:—…
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Seven men were killed on December 3 at one of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company's pits. They were descending die shaft in the cage, which caught the [?]secending one. The whole of the occupants were pitched…
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SIR,—In reference to the late accident at Farm Cove, they state that they proceeded down the harbour in a "waterman's boat." I beg to say it was not a waterman's skiff but one of the ceckle shells that are allowed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Shocking Colliery Accident. Seven Lives Lost. Wigan, December 4
Last night a terrible accident occurred at the Alexandra Pit, No 4, Haigh, belonging to the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, by which seven men lost their lives. The pit, comparatively speaking, is a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Coroners Court. This Day. Accidentally Drowned
The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday morning at the Forester's Retroat Hotel, in Dowling-street, touching the death of a lad named William Oswald Clark, aged 9[?]. years, who was drowned while bathing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Accident to the Rev. Mr. Coutts
From statements that have been made to us regarding the manner in which the Rev. James Coutts met with the accident in Pitt-street yesterday, it world appear that the driver of the vehicle is not so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Demondrille
The Murrumburrah correspondent of the Yass Courier reports the occurrence of a fatal accident on the 9th instant, to Mr. Abraham Hines, inspector of timber on the railway line. Mr. Hines had left Murrumburrah…
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At Newcastle, on Tuesday evening, a young man named Hammond, (son of a storekeeper at the Glebe) was sent on horseback to Dr. Doudney, Lake Macquarie Bond, to obtain some medicine for a sick person. We…
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FROM the reports of the British Inspectors of Mines, twelve in number and extending to 309 pages, we learn that last year- there were 4332 minos worked under the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1872, which includes…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fatal Accident a[?]e Marble Works
This morning a man whose name we had [?] entertained up to going [?] while engaged at Mr. John Youngs marble [?] in Woolloomooloo Bay was dra[?] in to a [?] the machinery by his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Lambton
On Friday night last an accident, which afterwards terminated fatally, occurred to a Mr. W. Joel, a resident of Lambton. About 9 o'clock on the evening in question the deceased was returning in excellent…
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About 6 o'clock last evening a child named William Henson, aged 5 years old, strayed from its parents' residence, at No. 354, Pitt-street, between Bathurst and Liverpool S[?]ls, into the street, and…
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That cricket has its great, daugers as well as Pleasures was proved at Ryde, on Tuesday last. A boy of 12, son of Mr. Samuel Small, was playing the "Doble game." at the public school, when he was accidentally…
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This afternoon, just before one o'clock, John Reynolds, in the employ of Henry Hamblion, of Elizabeth-street, was stu[?]ned by being thrown from a [?]ing in Clarence-street, and it was reported that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the Day. The Fatal Accident at the Marble Works
We learn that the name of the unfortunate person who was killed at Mr. John Young's marble works, Wooloomooloo Bay, yesterday, was a boy, aged twelve years, son of Patrick Sulivan, of Duke-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Day. Accidental Death from being Run Over
The city coroner held an inquest that morning on the body of a child named William Joseph Hanson, who died at the Intirmary yesterday from injuries received by being knocked down by a van in Pitt-street. Joseph Walker was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coroners Court. Sad Case of Accidental Death
The City Coroner held a second inquest yesterday afternoon at Smith's Burrangong Hotel, George-street, opposite the Huymarket, concerning the death of a young man named Michael John Cranney, who died on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singular Accident
At Ryde, on last Saturday afternoon, a very curious and dangerous accident occurred to a little boy, a son of Captain Drury. It appears the lad was sitting riding in a dray, and an axe[?]iying at the bottom of the…
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